From ec24349db3d11e9ba9a4c2b343a3ed77764bfedc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olga Matoula <olgamatoula@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 16:20:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Suspend REPL colorizing when in a REPL interactive
 command

---
 Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py          | 10 ++++++++++
 Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
index 0ebd9162eca4bb..9ab92f64d1ef63 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
@@ -619,6 +619,16 @@ def suspend(self) -> SimpleContextManager:
                 setattr(self, arg, prev_state[arg])
             self.prepare()
 
+    @contextmanager
+    def suspend_colorization(self) -> SimpleContextManager:
+        try:
+            old_can_colorize = self.can_colorize
+            self.can_colorize = False
+            yield
+        finally:
+            self.can_colorize = old_can_colorize
+
+
     def finish(self) -> None:
         """Called when a command signals that we're finished."""
         pass
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
index 965b853c34b392..47eb2db74054bd 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def maybe_run_command(statement: str) -> bool:
         command = REPL_COMMANDS[statement]
         if callable(command):
             # Make sure that history does not change because of commands
-            with reader.suspend_history():
+            with reader.suspend_history(), reader.suspend_colorization():
                 command()
             return True
         return False

From b488293a5da4e7f8860382fb6f462e70d675eeb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=C5=81ukasz=20Langa?= <lukasz@langa.pl>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 14:02:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add Blurb

---
 .../2026-01-03-14-02-11.gh-issue-136924.UMgdPn.rst              | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-03-14-02-11.gh-issue-136924.UMgdPn.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-03-14-02-11.gh-issue-136924.UMgdPn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-03-14-02-11.gh-issue-136924.UMgdPn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b147b05bf8212b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-03-14-02-11.gh-issue-136924.UMgdPn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The interactive help mode in the :term:`REPL` no longer incorrectly syntax
+highlights text input as Python code. Contributed by Olga Matoula.